Oana-Ramona Lobonț is a Full Professor and Ph.D. Habilitated at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timișoara, Romania, and a PhD advisor in Finance. She specializes in public sector governance, environmental and energy economics, sustainable public policy, and digital transformation, with a particular focus on institutional performance, climate finance, and governance quality.. Her research combines econometric modelling, bibliometric and network analysis, and policy evaluation to examine how governance structures, institutional capacity, and financial instruments impact public sector performance, sustainable development, climate policies, green energy transitions and digital transformation. Professor Lobonț is a guest editor for numerous Web of Science-indexed journals and has made significant contributions to advancing research on public economics, empirical Finance, and applied economics. She is a member of the National Council for Scientific Research, the Economic Sciences and Business Administration Commission of the National Council for the Attestation of Academic Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates, and the Commission of Permanent Experts of the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education within the Economic Sciences panel. She participates in national and international research projects funded by UEFISCDI, the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Erasmus+, and the EEA Financial Mechanism.